Chambers pillar is a impressive column of sandstone (its height is about 60m). It was an important landmark for the first Europeans who attempted to cross the continent. John McDouall Stuart was the first explorer to see the pillar, and he was also the one who named it (after James Chambers, one of those who financed his expedition).
Chambers pillar is also a meaningful land feature for the aboriginals: they believe that the gecko ancestor Itirkawara was banished to the desert after abducting a girl. Both him and the girl finally became the pillar and the castle rock (i.e. the other large rock in the area).
Reaching Chambers pillar means climbing to the top of a high rocky ridge (not that easy!) and then going thru 10 km of red dunes (4 to 10m high). One of the nicest stretches of track we drove in Australia!